Improvement in folding chairs



C. D. HYDE. Folding-Chair No.-200,456. Patented Feb. 19,1878.

WITNESS INVENTOR Q It I ATTORNEYS.

N,PETERS, PNOTO-LITHDGRAPMER. WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

dJHAUNOEY D. HYDE, OF PITGHER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING CHAIRS Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 200,456, dated February 19, 1878; application filed January5, 1878.

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The object of this invention is to furnish an improved folding chairwhich shall be simple in construction and convenient in use, and whichshall be strong, firm, durable, and not liable to get out of order.

The invention consists in an improved folding chair formed by thecombination, with each other, of the two pairs of legs, the pivoted sidebars, the seat and the back, the connecting-rounds, and thepivoting-rounds, as hereinafter fully described.

A are the front legs, which are connected at their upper ends by around, a. B are the rear legs, which are connected at their upper endsby a round, I), and near their lower ends by a round, [1

The rounds b b are made enough shorter than the round a to allow thelegs B to be placed between the legs A. The two pairs of legs A B arepivoted to each other by the round 0, upon the ends of which are formedround tenons, which pass through the legs B, and are attached to thelegs A, so that the said legs B may swing or turn freely upon the saidtenons. D is the seat, which is attached to iron straps or bars E, theforward parts of which rest upon the top round b of the legs B, andtheir rear ends are attached to the round F. Upon the ends of the roundF are formed long tenons, which pass through holes in the lower ends ofthe posts G of the chair-back. The upper ends of the posts G areconnected by the bar, plate, or back H.

The long tenons of the round F also pass through holes in the upperparts of the legs A, and through holes in the rear ends of the side orsupport bars I. The bars I pass forward, and their forward ends areconnected by a round, J, which rests, when the chair is arranged foruse, in hook K, attached to the forward side of the upper part of thelegs B.

The chair-back is secured in place, when raised, by catch-plates L,which are slotted to receive the screws by which they are secured to theposts Gr, so that they will drop down and catch upon points attached tothe round a. The seat D may be made of a single piece of wood, as shownin Fig. 1; or it may be made of strips of the same kind of wood,'or ofdifferent kinds, secured to the iron bars E; or it may bean iron frameto receive splints; or it may be made of cloth. With the wood seat anextra round with long tenons may be used to support the folding support;With a cloth seat the frame is used as shown in the drawings, and eitherwith or without the front support.

The chair may be made with an upholstered seat, a high back, and extraholes in the support, to straighten or flare the back and make it moreof an easy-chair.

This construction allows the back G H to be turned down upon the seat D,so that the chair can be readily slipped beneath a diningtable.

The chair is folded by turning down the back G H upon the seat, raisingthe round J off the hooks K, pushing the upper ends of the. legs B back,and allowing the support I J, the seat D E, and the back G Hto drop downagainst the legs A B, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent An improved folding chair formed by the.

combination, with each other, of the two pairs of legs A B, the pivotedbars I, the seat D E, and the back G H, the hooks K, theconnecting-rounds a b b J, and the pivoting-rounds O F, substantially asherein shown and described.

GHAUNOEY DELTON HYDE. Witnesses GEO. A. HAVEN, Guns. M. BARRETT.

